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Trial Court Can Frame "Additional Issues" Based On Disputes Between Parties: Punjab & Haryana High Court
The Punjab and Haryana High Court, while dealing with a revision petition against the order of the Trial Court wherein defendants' application for framing of an additional issue with regard to plea of adverse possession was allowed, has held that if defendants took a specific plea that was controverted by the plaintiff and the trial Court felt that both the parties were at issue, striking...
Delhi High Court Directs Controller General's Office To Ensure Recommendations Are Duly Signed By Members Of Opposition Board Under Patents Act
The Delhi High Court has directed the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks (CGPDTM) to ensure that the recommendations are duly signed by the members of the Opposition Board under the Patents Act, 1970. As per rule 56 of the Patents Rules, 2003, the Opposition Board shall conduct the examination of the notice of opposition along with documents filed and submit a report...
Delhi High Court Directs ED To Decide Vivo India's Representation Against Freezing Of Bank Accounts
The Delhi High Court on Friday directed the Enforcement Directorate to take a decision on the representation made by Chinese smartphone maker Vivo, seeking permission to operate its frozen bank accounts.Justice Yashwant Varma also asked ED's counsel to obtain instructions in the petition challenging the agency's action in connection with a money-laundering probe initiated by it, by...
Sri Ram Janma Bhumi Trust Not 'State' U/Art 12: Karnataka High Court Declines Plea By 71-Yr-Old Seeking Appointment As Chief Engineer
The Karnataka High Court has rejected a petition filed by a 71-year-old retired Engineer in Chief of Central Government seeking a direction to appoint him as the Chief Engineer at Sri Rama Janma Bhumi Theertha Kshethra on honorarium basis.Sri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra is a trust set up for the construction and management of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya by the government of India in...
Grandmother Claiming To Be Indian Resident Since 56 Yrs Approaches Bombay High Court For Citizenship
A 66-year-old grandmother, who claims to have come to India as a ten-year-old from Uganda, has approached the Bombay High Court seeking Indian Citizenship. Ila Jatin Popat says she married an Indian in 1977, and has challenged a 2019 order of the Deputy Collector of Mumbai Suburban District rejecting her application for citizenship and declaring her a "stateless woman". Popat claims...
MCA Appoints Smt. Anita Shah Akella As Ex-Officio Member In The IBBI
Ministry Of Corporate Affairs vide notification dated 05.07.2022 appointed Smt. Anita Shah Akella, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs as ex-officio member in the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India to represent the Ministry in the Board. MCA Notification No. S.O.3069 (E ) Dated 05.07.2022 Click Here To Read/Download ...
Manual Scavenging | "Tragic Accidents In Sewers & Septic Tanks Have Come Down Significantly Due To Govt Initiatives": Centre To Delhi High Court
The Centre has informed the Delhi High Court that due to various initiatives brought in by the Government, the number of tragic accidents while cleaning sewers and septic tanks have come down significantly. The short affidavit has been filed by the Central Government through its Department of Social Justice and Empowerment in a PIL filed in 2019 by Advocate Amit Sahni, seeking strict...
Actor Sreejith Ravi Moves Kerala High Court Seeking Bail In POCSO Case
Malayalam actor Sreejith Ravi has approached the Kerala High Court seeking bail in a POCSO case registered against him for allegedly exhibiting nudity in front of children.The prosecution case is that on July 4, the applicant flashed his private parts and proceeded to exhibit and caress the same in front of two girls at a park. The Thrissur West Police registered a case and arrested the...
Shri.Jayanti Prasad Takes Charge As Whole-Time Member Of IBBI
The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India ("IBBI") on 05.07.2022 has issued a press release stating that Shri.Jayanti Prasad has taken charge as whole-time Member of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India in New Delhi. He belongs to 1986 batch Indian Audit and Accounts Service officer, superannuated as Deputy Comptroller & Auditor General (Human Resources and...
"Heavy Duty Of Wife To Explain In What State She Left Room Where Husband Was Found Murdered": Allahabad HC Upholds Murder Conviction
The Allahabad High Court recently upheld the murder conviction and life sentence awarded to a woman and her alleged lover for killing the husband of the woman in furtherance of common intention. The Court observed that the wife/accused had failed to explain her conduct and the state of leaving her husband's room (where he was found murdered the next morning) late at night.Consequently, yhe...
Kangana Ranaut Moves High Court Against Punjab Court's Summons In Defamation Case Over 'Shaheen Bagh Dadi' Tweet
Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut has approached the Punjab and Haryana High Court challenging criminal defamation proceedings initiated on complaint of one Mahinder Kaur, before a Magistrate Court in Bathinda.The complaint was filed in January 2021 wherein Kaur had alleged that the actor, during farmers protest, had made defamatory tweet by comparing Kaur with "Dadi" at Shaheen Bagh. In...
Subsequent Refusal To Marry After Sex Not Sufficient To Constitute Offence Of Rape: Kerala High Court
While granting bail to a Central Government Counsel in a sexual assault case, the Kerala High Court held that a subsequent refusal to marry or a failure to lead the relationship into a marriage is not sufficient to constitute the offence of rape even if the partners had indulged in a physical relationship.Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas observed that a sexual relationship between two willing...